Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Mathematical Approaches for Optimizing Investments: Proceedings of a Workshop (2023)
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"Appendix A: Key Resources for Decision Makers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Mathematical Approaches for Optimizing Investments: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26905.
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Key Resources for Decision Makers
CHAPTER 2: RELEVANT DATA, ANALYTICS, AND METRICS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY
- Source of federal agency data: Data.gov
- Resilient Houston: https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/Resilient-Houston-20200518-single-page.pdf
- Houston’s Complete Communities Initiative: https://www.houstoncc.org/
- Curated Data Enterprise: https://biocomplexity.virginia.edu/institute/divisions/social-and-decision-analytics/census
- Prioritization of Public Transportation Investments: A Guide for Decision-Makers: https://doi.org/10.17226/26224
- A Model for Calculating Dividends from Resilience Projects: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2129.html
- Santa Monica Wellbeing Project: https://santamonicawellbeing.org
CHAPTER 3: FUNDING AND INVESTMENT MECHANISMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
- Dallas Innovation Alliance: http://www.dallasinnovationalliance.com/
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Key Resources for Decision Makers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Mathematical Approaches for Optimizing Investments: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26905.
CHAPTER 4: DECISION MAKING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
- Understanding data privacy issues: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/latanya-sweeney
- Understanding the negative effects of predictive analytics: https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/police-pasco-sheriff-targeted/
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute: https://www.dair-institute.org/about
- Innovation in urban technology through partnership: https://urban.tech.cornell.edu
- Current approaches toward spatial analysis: http://ensor.rice.edu/, https://globalhealth.duke.edu/people/bravo-mercedes, and http://www.danielrkowal.com
CHAPTER 5: BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN DATA AND INSTITUTIONS
- Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBkrYA_7_rZURjtPzBG_EIw/videos
- Understanding the measurement of individuals’ experiences of racism: https://publichealth.pitt.edu/home/directory/dara-d-mendez
- Black-led organizations working to achieve more equitable cities: Pittsburgh Black Worker Center: https://www.pghblackworkercenter.org/; The UrbanKind Institute: https://urbankind.org/; and Black Equity Coalition: https://www.blackequitypgh.org/
- Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center: http://www.wprdc.org/
- Technology development through community partnerships: https://www.cmucreatelab.org/home
- Cities Coalition for Digital Rights: https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/
- Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool: https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en
- Justice40 Open Source Community: https://github.com/usds/justice40-tool and https://groups.google.com/u/0/g/justice40-open-source
CHAPTER 6: SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society LandCare Program to transform vacant community lots: https://phsonline.org/programs/transforming-vacant-land/program-model-and-impact
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Key Resources for Decision Makers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Mathematical Approaches for Optimizing Investments: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26905.
- Effective social outreach programs: STYL program: http://mail.nepiliberia.org/
- Institute for Nonviolence Chicago: https://www.nonviolencechicago.org/
- Cure Violence: https://cvg.org/; Heartland Alliance: https://www.heartlandalliance.org/; and Lawndale Christian Legal Center: https://lclc.net/
CHAPTER 7: MOVING BEYOND SHORT-TERMISM
- Bloomberg Cities Network: https://bloombergcities.jhu.edu/
CHAPTER 8: BUILDING THE IDEAL SUSTAINABLE CITY
- Austin’s Climate Equity Plan: https://www.austintexas.gov/page/austin-climate-equity-plan
- Equity in green workforce development through the Civilian Conservation Corps: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/austin-civilian-conservation-corps
- Climate Central: https://www.climatecentral.org/
- First Street Foundation mapping for flood risks: https://firststreet.org/
- Coalition-building through Hill Country Conservancy: https://hillcountryconservancy.org
- The Equity Center: https://virginiaequitycenter.org/albemarle-county-equity-profile-1
- National Equity Atlas: https://www.policylink.org/our-work/economy/national-equity-atlas
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Key Resources for Decision Makers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Mathematical Approaches for Optimizing Investments: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26905.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Key Resources for Decision Makers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Mathematical Approaches for Optimizing Investments: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26905.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Key Resources for Decision Makers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Mathematical Approaches for Optimizing Investments: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26905.
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